STEAMing up the sustainability with Sustainable Development Goals
▶Summary
Through an initial SWOT analysis it became evident that educators (at primary, secondary and tertiary levels) required skill enhancement to integrate SDGs into their teaching. The primary aim was ...
▶Objectives
Our project aimed to achieve several objectives: 1. Enhancing the general knowledge of educators, students, and adults about sustainable development goals through digital content on the MOOC platform. 2. Increasing educators' competencies related to SDGs and STEAM by participating in mobilities, conferences and virtual events so that they can create engaging STEAM lessons, use the MOOC platform, generate digital content and gain access to high-quality comprehensive STEAM & SDGs lesson plans that are aligned to curricula 3. Raising awareness of SDGs among all participants through various dissemination activities. 4. Improving trainers' competence in creating interdisciplinary lesson plans on sustainable development goals and STEAM. 5. Enhancing educators' skills in STEM education methods. 6. Engaging 350 participants in digital training via the MOOC platform. 7. Forming 15 SDG ambassadors among teachers, students, and adults. 8. Improving the digital literacy skills of participants. 9. Creating collective awareness among educators, students, and adult groups on environmental issues. 10. Promoting interest and excellence in STEM and the STEAM approach
▶Activities
The first TPM event was held in Sweden on 25.04.2022. The second TPM event was held in Slovenia on 21.02.2023. The last TPM activity was held in Portugal on 16.01.2024. The first of the 4 LTT (Learning, Teaching, Training) activities in our project was carried out in Slovenia between 26-30.09.2022, the second LTT activity was carried out in Ireland between 07-11.11.2022, the third LTT activity was carried out in Portugal between 16-20.01.2023 as MOOC platform content creation studies, and the fourth LTT activity was carried out in Sweden between 27-31.03.2023 as SDG lesson plans creation studies. Within the scope of producing the project results, the first SDG lesson plans studies were carried out under the leadership of the Irish partner between 30-04.01.2024 and the second MOOC platform training studies were carried out under the leadership of our Portuguese partner between 30-29.11.2022. The conference where the aims, objectives, methods, activities, results and outputs of our project will be shared was held on 19.01.2024 under the leadership of our Portuguese and Irish partners.
▶Impact
3 TPMs 4 staff LTTs Dissemination activities including social media posts, online articles, and promotion of the SDG'S project at external events such as teacher training, other Erasmus+ projects' LTTs and TPMs. Numerous online meetings were implemented as part of project management. Erasmus days activities eTwinning activities Partners developed 2 project results: 1. SDG'S MOOC 2. SDG'S lesson Plan book A joint Virtual Multiplier event (ME1 and 2). All successful participants who took part in our project's mobility activities received participant certificates. In addition, our learners who finished our MOOC course received a certificate of completion. Participants in the project's LTT activities had the following experiences: - Deep learning about sustainable development goals within partner organizations, gaining digital lesson planning skills. - Development of technology literacy and digital content preparation skills. - Enhancement of interdisciplinary working skills. - Increased awareness of the importance of multilingualism and intercultural awareness, along with improved ability to communicate with colleagues from different countries. - Through project output activities: - A total of 338 educators, students, and adult participants improved their competencies by taking SDG courses on the MOOC platform. - Improvement in digital measurement and evaluation skills. - Increased sensitivity to environmental issues among participants. - Enhanced awareness among students and adults through the measurement and evaluation of waste rates in institutions.